1972-73 Cleveland Cavaliers Schedule and Results

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Record: 32-50, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Bill Fitch (32-50)

PTS/G: 102.7 (17th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 105.3 (7th of 17)

SRS: -2.64 (13th of 17) Pace: 108.3 (13th of 17)

Off Rtg: 94.0 (14th of 17) Def Rtg: 96.5 (8th of 17) Net Rtg: -2.4 (12th of 17)

Expected W-L: 34-48 (12th of 17)

Arena: Cleveland Arena

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Oct 10, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		90	102	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Oct 13, 1972	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		108	109	0	2	L 2
3	Sun, Oct 15, 1972	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		83	95	0	3	L 3
4	Fri, Oct 20, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		89	92	0	4	L 4
5	Sat, Oct 21, 1972	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		96	103	0	5	L 5
6	Sun, Oct 22, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		84	104	0	6	L 6
7	Tue, Oct 24, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		90	123	0	7	L 7
8	Wed, Oct 25, 1972	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		113	108	1	7	W 1
9	Fri, Oct 27, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		97	123	1	8	L 1	8,114
10	Sun, Oct 29, 1972	Box Score		Kansas City-Omaha Kings	W		115	97	2	8	W 1
11	Tue, Oct 31, 1972	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		126	116	3	8	W 2
12	Fri, Nov 3, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		124	97	4	8	W 3
13	Sat, Nov 4, 1972	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	L		98	108	4	9	L 1			at College Park, MD
14	Sun, Nov 5, 1972	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		106	107	4	10	L 2
15	Wed, Nov 8, 1972	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		99	107	4	11	L 3
16	Fri, Nov 10, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		88	118	4	12	L 4
17	Sun, Nov 12, 1972	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		113	107	5	12	W 1
18	Tue, Nov 14, 1972	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		91	100	5	13	L 1
19	Fri, Nov 17, 1972	Box Score	@	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	L		96	115	5	14	L 2
20	Sun, Nov 19, 1972	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		109	98	6	14	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Nov 21, 1972	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		98	88	7	14	W 2
22	Sat, Nov 25, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		103	90	8	14	W 3
23	Sun, Nov 26, 1972	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		102	105	8	15	L 1
24	Tue, Nov 28, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		84	107	8	16	L 2
25	Fri, Dec 1, 1972	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		113	114	8	17	L 3
26	Sun, Dec 3, 1972	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W	OT	105	103	9	17	W 1
27	Tue, Dec 5, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		100	103	9	18	L 1
28	Fri, Dec 8, 1972	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		87	96	9	19	L 2	4,691
29	Sat, Dec 9, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		88	123	9	20	L 3	13,071
30	Sun, Dec 10, 1972	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		100	103	9	21	L 4
31	Tue, Dec 12, 1972	Box Score	@	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	L		99	100	9	22	L 5			at Omaha, NE
32	Fri, Dec 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		82	98	9	23	L 6
33	Sat, Dec 16, 1972	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		94	100	9	24	L 7
34	Sun, Dec 17, 1972	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		109	110	9	25	L 8
35	Fri, Dec 22, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		87	98	9	26	L 9
36	Tue, Dec 26, 1972	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		115	96	10	26	W 1
37	Thu, Dec 28, 1972	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		105	118	10	27	L 1
38	Fri, Dec 29, 1972	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		91	99	10	28	L 2
39	Tue, Jan 2, 1973	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		111	88	11	28	W 1
40	Wed, Jan 3, 1973	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		80	89	11	29	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 6, 1973	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		108	93	12	29	W 1
42	Sun, Jan 7, 1973	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		102	97	13	29	W 2
43	Tue, Jan 9, 1973	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		102	106	13	30	L 1
44	Fri, Jan 12, 1973	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	W	2OT	113	109	14	30	W 1			at Pittsburgh, PA
45	Sat, Jan 13, 1973	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		123	115	15	30	W 2
46	Tue, Jan 16, 1973	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		100	98	16	30	W 3
47	Fri, Jan 19, 1973	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		108	104	17	30	W 4
48	Sat, Jan 20, 1973	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		84	96	17	31	L 1
49	Fri, Jan 26, 1973	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		105	100	18	31	W 1
50	Sun, Jan 28, 1973	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		93	102	18	32	L 1
51	Tue, Jan 30, 1973	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		112	98	19	32	W 1
52	Wed, Jan 31, 1973	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		89	94	19	33	L 1	4,868
53	Sat, Feb 3, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		90	95	19	34	L 2
54	Sun, Feb 4, 1973	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		97	114	19	35	L 3
55	Tue, Feb 6, 1973	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		110	105	20	35	W 1	4,023
56	Thu, Feb 8, 1973	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W	OT	136	132	21	35	W 2
57	Fri, Feb 9, 1973	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		97	103	21	36	L 1
58	Sun, Feb 11, 1973	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		107	115	21	37	L 2
59	Tue, Feb 13, 1973	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		90	103	21	38	L 3
60	Fri, Feb 16, 1973	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		92	100	21	39	L 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 17, 1973	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		106	104	22	39	W 1
62	Sun, Feb 18, 1973	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		122	98	23	39	W 2
63	Tue, Feb 20, 1973	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Bucks	L		100	118	23	40	L 1			at Madison, WI
64	Fri, Feb 23, 1973	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		121	102	24	40	W 1
65	Sun, Feb 25, 1973	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		92	105	24	41	L 1	10,409
66	Tue, Feb 27, 1973	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		95	99	24	42	L 2
67	Fri, Mar 2, 1973	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		92	106	24	43	L 3
68	Sun, Mar 4, 1973	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		84	127	24	44	L 4
69	Tue, Mar 6, 1973	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		102	110	24	45	L 5
70	Wed, Mar 7, 1973	Box Score	N	Houston Rockets	W		118	100	25	45	W 1			at San Antonio, TX
71	Sat, Mar 10, 1973	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		116	131	25	46	L 1
72	Tue, Mar 13, 1973	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		115	107	26	46	W 1
73	Fri, Mar 16, 1973	Box Score		Kansas City-Omaha Kings	W		114	99	27	46	W 2
74	Sat, Mar 17, 1973	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		114	97	28	46	W 3
75	Sun, Mar 18, 1973	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		102	101	29	46	W 4
76	Tue, Mar 20, 1973	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		131	105	30	46	W 5
77	Wed, Mar 21, 1973	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		112	109	31	46	W 6
78	Fri, Mar 23, 1973	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		104	106	31	47	L 1
79	Sat, Mar 24, 1973	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	OT	116	120	31	48	L 2
80	Sun, Mar 25, 1973	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		112	105	32	48	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Tue, Mar 27, 1973	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		105	121	32	49	L 1
82	Wed, Mar 28, 1973	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L	OT	119	131	32	50	L 2

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